Champions Olympiacos
2nd title Fourth place Panathinaikos Coach of the Year Dusan Ivković Dates 29 Sep 2011 – 13 May 2012 Location Europe Third place FC Barcelona Bàsquet | Runners-up CSKA Moscow Final Four MVP Vassilis Spanoulis Champion Olympiacos B.C. MVP Andrei Kirilenko Teams 24 | |
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Duration 19 October 2011 – 13 May 2012 Similar 2009–10 Euroleague, 2013–14 Euroleague, 2006–07 Euroleague, 2014–15 Euroleague, 2003–04 Euroleague | ||
The 2011–12 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was the 12th season of the modern era of Euroleague and the second under the title sponsorship of Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 55th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs. The Final Four was held at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, in 11–13 May 2012. It was won by the Piraeus club Olympiacos (2nd title), who defeated CSKA Moscow in the championship game. It was the 5th final involving a Greek club in the last six seasons, and 3rd Greek win in that time.
Contents
- Regular season teams
- Draw
- Euroleague qualifying round teams
- Regular season
- Top 16
- Quarterfinals
- Final Four
- Semifinals
- 3rd place game
- Final
- Final Four 2012 MVP
- Euroleague 201112 MVP
- Euroleague 201112 Final Four MVP
- Top Scorer Alphonso Ford Trophy
- Best Defender
- Rising Star
- Coach of the Year Alexander Gomelsky Award
- References
Regular season teams
On 20 June 2011 the teams for this season were announced.
A new A License was granted to Asseco Prokom Gdynia, making them the 14th club with this distinction. A C License was given to Eurocup 2010–11 winner UNICS. Euroleague Basketball suspended the A License of Virtus Roma after they finished in the bottom half of Lega A in 2010–11, awarding a wild card entry to EA7 Milano.
Spirou Charleroi and Galatasaray entered the 2011–2012 Euroleague Regular Season via qualification.
Draw
The draws for the 2011–12 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was held on Monday, 4 July. The draws determined the qualifying-round matchups and regular-season groups for the Euroleague, as well as the qualifying rounds for the Eurocup and the regular-season for the EuroChallenge.
Teams were seeded into six pots of four teams in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period.
Two teams from the same country cannot coincide in the same Regular Season group, except for Spain that has five teams participating in the competition.
Euroleague qualifying round teams
The Qualifying Rounds consisted of two Final-Eight tournaments, held in Vilnius and Charleroi. The two winning teams advance to the Euroleague Regular Season
Regular season
The Regular Season begins on 19 October.
If teams were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
- Head-to-head record.
- Head-to-head point differential.
- Point differential during the Regular Season.
- Points scored during the regular season.
- Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.
Top 16
The draw took place in Barcelona, Spain on 28 December 2011 at 13.00 CET. The 16 qualified teams were divided into four seeds based on their final standings in the regular season. Teams coming from the same regular season group were kept from coinciding in the same Top 16 group and an effort was made to keep teams from the same country from coinciding as well. Teams from the same city, Anadolu Efes, Fenerbahçe Ülker and Galatasaray Medical Park from Istanbul; Olympiacos and Panathinaikos from Greater Athens, or teams playing in the same arena were prevented from playing both at home in the same matchday.
Quarterfinals
Team 1 hosted Games 1 and 2, plus Game 5 if necessary. Team 2 hosted Game 3, and Game 4 if necessary.
Final Four
The Final Four is the last phase of each Euroleague season, and is held over a weekend. The semifinal games are played on Friday evening. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship final.
Semifinals
May 11, Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
3rd place game
May 13, Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Final
May 13, Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Final Four 2012 MVP
Vassilis Spanoulis (Olympiacos)